- Ted Elliott (umpire)
Edward Hudspith Elliott (born
19 April 1851 ,Sunderland , Durham,England , died19 March 1885 at North Carlton, Victoria) was a VictorianFirst-class cricket er and Test match umpire.Having arrived in Victoria at the age of one, he played eight matches for Victoria as a right-hand batsman, scoring 117 runs at an average of 8.35 with a highest score of 20 not out. He also kept wickets, taking 13 catches and 8 stumpings.
Elliott umpired 7 Test matches, and was the first Australian to regularly officiate. He made his debut in the match between Australia and England in
Melbourne on30 December 1882 to2 January 1883 . In this series he andJohn Swift stood in all four Test matches, the first time two umpires had officiated throughout an entire series. Moyes commented that “ [a] pparently we had reached the time when some kind of qualification was required and some consistency in appointment was observed.” Elliott also umpired in three matches in the 1884-85 series, and died two days after his last appearance of a cerebral embolism (stroke ).Off the field, Elliott was a carpenter. He was married and left four children.
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Australian Test Cricket Umpires
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References
* Pollard, Jack, ‘’Australian Cricket: 1803-1893, The Formative Years’’. Sydney, The Book Company, 1995. (ISBN 0-207-15490-2)
*Moyes, A. G. , ‘’Australian Cricket: A History’’, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1959.
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